England’s exams regulator, Ofqual, warned that the growing use of smart technologies could increase high-tech cheating and make malpractice harder to detect in GCSE and A-level examinations. In remarks carried by BBC and Radio 4, Ofqual chief regulator Sir Ian Bauckham said invigilators are being trained to spot covert equipment such as smart glasses, hidden earpieces, and pens with built-in screens. Ofqual data cited mobile phones and smart devices as the most common malpractice method in each summer series since 2018. The regulator warned sanctions can be severe, including loss of all A-level grades in the worst cases. The comment arrives as more than a million pupils sit exams this summer. For higher education stakeholders, the message is transferable: integrity and assessment security needs to evolve with the device ecosystem, and compliance planning must assume adversarial technology use.